Marjane Satrapi's Quotes
Born: 1969-11-22
Profession: Artist
Nation: Iranian
Biography of Marjane Satrapi
The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.
Tags: Real, Stupid, WarAmerica is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.
Tags: Best, Country, TimeI wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.
Tags: She, Tell, UsedIt's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.
Tags: Men, True, WomenMy mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.
Tags: Hard, Mother, WorkI'm very open and never write what I'm going to say. Speeches bore everybody else. I have to freestyle. Every time, from one program to another, everything changes and I improvise.
Tags: Another, Else, TimeIt's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.
Tags: America, Education, LifeThere are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you are living under a dictatorship.
Tags: Cinema, Living, LoveWell, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried.
Tags: Greatest, Loved, Whether